AVDa small signfastened to something, showing the name of the owner or maker, or the person who lives or works in a place 〔标明所有者或制作者的〕标示牌;〔写明居住者或工作者的〕姓名牌
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nameplate• Companies pay many hundred francs just for a nameplate.• If they want to make nameplates for their stuffed animals, we can find them woodenplaques.• Straus nameplate and laying off 650 employees in the process.• With regards to John's regularlocomotive, the nameplates are of special interest.• The nameplate on his desk said, informally, that his name was Ricky Bell.• The nameplate, carrying the paper's title and emblem, will be unveiled by the editor, Magnus Linklater.